Founding Product Designer/Engineer

Clera
New York, NY
Remote

Who this role is best for

Founding Product Designer/Engineers with UI/UX and frontend development experience will find this early-stage AI product role in New York.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with startup experience and a strong ability to translate complex workflows into intuitive interfaces
    — “Design and build interfaces that make complex workflows clear and help users understand what to do next.”
  • Individuals who have personally driven UI/UX projects from idea to production with clear ownership
    — “An original portfolio or personal website showing contemporary UI/UX work you personally took from idea to production, with clear ownership of user flows and interface decisions.”
  • Candidates who are comfortable with systems thinking and can take incomplete ideas forward quickly
    — “Systems thinking, initiative, and comfort moving incomplete ideas forward in a fast-paced environment.”

Things to consider

  • On-site presence in New York is required, which may limit remote candidates
    — “On-site in New York City, New York, United States.”
  • Visa sponsorship is not available, which may restrict eligibility for non-US candidates
    — “Visa sponsorship is not available.”

How to stand out

  • Showcase your ability to build reusable design system components in your portfolio
    — “Create reusable components and design system patterns that help the team ship consistently.”
  • Highlight your experience with React and TypeScript in frontend implementation
    — “Production React and TypeScript skills to implement the interfaces you design.”
  • Demonstrate your process of iterating with customer feedback on product design
    — “Work with customers to understand their needs, test prototypes, and improve the product based on feedback.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • successful implementation of intuitive interfaces
  • improved user understanding of AI agents
Typical background
4+ years of experience designing and building products at fast-growing startups

Skills & requirements

Required

Product DesignUser ExperienceFrontend ImplementationInteraction PatternsReusable ComponentsDesign System PatternsCustomer FeedbackBackend Integration

Preferred

AI Agent ExperiencesB2B Workflow Tools

Stack & domain

Product DesignUser Experience (UX)User Interface (UI)ReactTypeScriptCustomer InteractionSystems ThinkingAIAgent ExperiencesB2B Workflow ToolsCommunicationProblem-solvingInitiativeTeamworkAI CompanyProduct Engineering

About the role

Original posting from Clera via Ashby

ABOUT THE ROLE

As the first dedicated product design hire at an AI company, you will shape how the product looks, feels, and works. You will partner with company leadership and engineering to build intuitive interfaces that help operators work with AI agents.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Take product ideas from sketches through user flows and frontend implementation.
  • Design and build interfaces that make complex workflows clear and help users understand what to do next.
  • Explore interaction patterns that make AI agents understandable, useful, and easy to trust.
  • Create reusable components and design system patterns that help the team ship consistently.
  • Work with customers to understand their needs, test prototypes, and improve the product based on feedback.
  • Partner with backend engineers to bring designs into production.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

  • At least 4 years of experience designing and building products at fast-growing startups, or exceptional early-career work demonstrating strong product judgment and shipping ability.
  • An original portfolio or personal website showing contemporary UI/UX work you personally took from idea to production, with clear ownership of user flows and interface decisions.
  • Strong visual and interaction design judgment, and the ability to explain the business logic behind designed workflows.
  • Production React and TypeScript skills to implement the interfaces you design.
  • Experience working directly with customers and iterating based on feedback.
  • Systems thinking, initiative, and comfort moving incomplete ideas forward in a fast-paced environment.
  • Interest in AI and agent experiences, complex operational interfaces, and B2B workflow tools.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Base salary: $160,000 to $220,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

LOCATION

On-site in New York City, New York, United States.

Source: Clera careers (Ashby)

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